Houchin family tree » Benjamin Ira Ray (1815-1895)
Personal data Benjamin Ira Ray
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- He was born on February 7, 1815 in Warren, Kentucky, USA.Sources 2, 3, 4
Attention: Was older than 65 years (70) when child (Addie E Ray) was born (January 10, 1886). Attention: Was older than 65 years (67) when child (Emily Jane Ray) was born (August 25, 1882). Attention: Was older than 65 years (81) when child (Emily Whittle) was born (??-??-1896). Attention: Was older than 65 years (66) when child (Arpie D Ray) was born (March 20, 1881). Attention: Was older than 65 years (68) when child (Sallie Ray) was born (April 3, 1883). Attention: Was older than 65 years (67) when child (Arphie D Ray) was born (August 25, 1882). - Resident:
- in the year 1880: Edmonson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
- in the year 1850: Edmonson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
- He died on July 7, 1895 in Edmonson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten, he was 80 years old.Source 3
- He is buried in Edmonson County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
Burial: Alford-Raymer Cemetery Edmonson County Kentucky, USA
- A child of John Thomas Ray and Henrietta Grubbs
Household of Benjamin Ira Ray
Attention: Partner (Elizabeth J Vincent) is 32 years younger.
(1) He is married to Elisabeth Ray.
They got married on February 14, 1878 at Edmonson, Kentucky, United States, he was 63 years old.
Child(ren):
- Warren Ray ± 1851-????
- Mary K. Ray ± 1855-????
- Sarah Sherman Ray 1866-1925
- Minnie Angelene Ray 1867-1936
- Daniel W. Ray ± 1869-????
- James Benjamin Ray 1873-1948
- Jesse H Ray 1875-????
- John R Ray 1879-1880
(2) He is married to Louisa Chapman.
They got married on October 22, 1839 at Warren, Kentucky, United States, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Charles Lemuel Ray 1844-1893
(3) He is married to Elizabeth J Vincent.
They got married on July 14, 1878 at Edmonson, Kentucky, United States, he was 63 years old.
Child(ren):
- Wingfield S Ray 1848-1851
- Addie Ada Adda Ray 1849-1979
- Benjamin Ira Ray 1856-1934
- Benjamin I Ray 1856-1934
- Thomas W Ray 1859-1952
- Thomas W Ray 1859-????
- Holly M Ray 1880-1963
- Arpie D Ray 1881-????
- Emily Jane Ray 1882-1930
- Sallie Ray 1883-1975
- Addie E Ray 1886-????
- Emily Whittle 1896-1956
(4) He is married to Anjenita B Crump.
They got married on May 24, 1861 at Edmonson, Kentucky, United States, he was 46 years old.
Child(ren):
- Henry Clay Ray 1862-????
- Juliette Dunn Ray 1864-1890
- David Webster Ray 1869-1947
- John R Ray 1879-????
- Arphie D Ray 1882-????
(5) He has/had a relationship with Greenville Canady.
(6) He had a relationship with Angemetia CRUMP.
(7) He is married to Dianna Singleton Davis.
They got married on April 3, 1837 at Warren, Kentucky, United States, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Pendleton O. Ray 1838-1861
- Mary C. Ray 1840-> 1850
- Harriet L. Ray 1843-> 1850
- Marsha A. Ray 1846-> 1850
- Wingfield S Ray 1848-1851
- Margaret Ray 1851-????
- Benjamin Ira Ray 1855-1934
- Luther S. Ray 1857-1883
- Thomas Wilbur Ray 1859-1952
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=37092977&pid=1247
/ Ancestry.com - 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Edmonson, Kentucky; Roll: 411; Family History Film: 1254411; Page: 515C; Enumeration District: 038 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Edmonson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_198; Page: 14A; Image: 265 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 7, 1815
- The temperature on February 7, 1815 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
- February 26 » Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- July 9 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- November 20 » The Second Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1790 extent, imposing large indemnities, and prolonging the occupation by Allied troops for several more years.
- November 27 » Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
- December 11 » The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- December 23 » The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
Day of marriage April 3, 1837
- The temperature on April 3, 1837 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
- June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
- June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
- July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
- November 7 » In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
Day of death July 7, 1895
- The temperature on July 7, 1895 was about 18.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
- February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
- April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
- May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
- June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
- October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
Same birth/death day
- 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
- 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
- 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
- 1812 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic († 1870)
- 1825 » Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist († 1908)
- 1834 » Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect († 1895)
- 1865 » David Herold (b. 1842)
- 1865 » George Atzerodt (b. 1833)
- 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
- 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
- 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
- 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
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